Mental wanderings of a common man.

Prayers answered: all Chilean miners rescued!

In a flawless operation that unfolded before a hopeful, transfixed world, 33 miners who were trapped for more than two months deep beneath the Chilean earth were raised one by one Wednesday through a smooth-walled shaft of rock.

The last man out was the one who held the group together when they were feared lost, a shift foreman named Luis Urzua who enforced tight rations of their limited food and supplies before help could arrive.

“We have done what the entire world was waiting for,” he said immediately after his rescue. “We had strength, we had spirit, we wanted to fight, we wanted to fight for our families, and that was the greatest thing.”

We offer our continued prayers for these men and their families, that they can set aside whatever fears still haunt them and return to their lives. All of our gratitude is owed to the men and women who worked so hard over the past 2 months to see the miners rescued. Well done!